Research at Canterbury University

The Civil and Natural Resources Engineering School at Canterbury University supports post-graduate and doctoral research into transport and transport infrastructure-related topics. The reports from this research can often provide new insights into topical problems. The reports on this research and a list of research from earlier years can be accessed via the Civil and Natural Resources Engineering website.

Examples of recent research for MET and PhD theses at Canterbury include:

2011

Modelling bus dwell times.

Effect of speed cushions on traffic.

Recycled glass in asphalt pavements.

Network terminal reliabilty.

Uncertainty in transport planning models.

Feeder services to the Northern Busway.

Investigation of suitable roadway widths for pinch points.

2010

Influence on safety of perceptual speed management treatments on New Zealand rural roads.

Dynamic response recovery tool to support decision making activities during emergency response events in New Zealand.

Influences on transport policymakers and attitudes towards peak oil.

2009

Environmental capacity of local residential streets.

Behaviour of pavements stabilised using foamed bitumen.

Analysis of forecast travel time benefits against those realised.

Incorporating safety into rural highway design.

Effects of traffic calming devices on road safety and environmental conditions on urban local roads.

Current projects include:

Lowering urban traffic speeds to achieve sustainable land transport outcomes in New Zealand.

Travel demand estimation.

Bus travel time variability and bus bunching models.

Effectiveness of incident management on traffic network reliability.

Energy risk assessment method for freight transportation systems.

A logistics-based mode-change model for New Zealand freight transport.